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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
4
The Newberg Graphic editor and publisher E. IH Woodwa runs the Thursday paper from the Graphic Building at 600 First Street Newberg Oregon with office and residence contact numbers. The paper is entered at the local post office as second class matter.
A Newberg resident declares she will buy an automobile by sewing to pay for it. The story notes her determination and the playful barbs about the ball game and language usage from the high school scene.
Citizens in Portland discuss adopting the commission form of city government while opponents, seen as grafters living off taxpayers, oppose the change. The sentiment aligns with expectations.
The piece warns that signing a referendum petition triggers a special election costing about $100,000. Voters should weigh whether it is wise to incur that expense for a measure passed by the legislature and consider the impact before backing a motion.
With the new bridge across the Willamette a reality travel will be redirected to Wynooski street. Property owners discuss widening versus paving and cost sharing, and a conclusion is expected soon.
The KC Baking Powder concerns accuse newspapers of accepting free plate matter and lessons labeled Practical Baking Lessons by Mrs. The offer allegedly requires free recipes using KC Baking Powder, while demanding cash in exchange from publishers. The piece also contrasts past public missteps by young women with modern White House daughters giving YWCA talks, praising example over precept.
Cosmopolitan Magazine argues in its advertising correspondence that the Panama Canal runs west to east with Atlantic entry near the 80th longitude and Pacific exit east of that point about halfway to the 79th. The piece notes many assume the Canal Zone is southwest, but it lies to the east.
The Dallas Observer addresses a reader who urged exposing a specific individual. The piece argues the public wrongly treats newspapers as personal tools and questions the idea of an untrammeled press that targets others while letting supporters off the hook.
The Globe Democrat condemns the Turkish empire for intolerance and religious chauvinism. It argues the Ottoman system treated conquered peoples as inferiors and shows persistence of anti other faiths and gender oppression into the modern era.
The Sultan remains outside Asia as Turkey faces severe resource shortages. Its credit is weak, military might a shadow, and naval protection nearly gone. The era of hate persists but human society learns a hard lesson from Turkey's decline.
The Jan 6-7 storm hurled through Ireland and western England with hurricane like force. Fatalities occurred in Liverpool and numerous wrecks flooded Irish harbors. The naval cutter Diligence with Captain Sir J Reid and 56 men was lost amid widespread destruction in Limerick Galway and Athlone.
The excerpt extols finding one’s work as ultimate blessing. It likens work to a free channel carving through a sour life, turning a swampy existence into a green meadow with a clear stream. Labor is life as a core, eternal value by Thomas Carlyle.
How Birds Nests Are Made Round The student notes the round form of an abandoned nest and asks how a bird creates such a perfect circle without tools. The article contrasts circles in animal structures with the straight lines they cannot achieve. Mrs Boynton questions her gardener Henry about mourning and distance of a loss, with a light exchange over a 25 mile gap. An advertisement from White & Co. offers Sherman county bargains including small valley farms for first payments at 705 First Street.
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